The Kraft Heinz Company manufactures and markets food and beverage products in the United States, Canada, Europe, and internationally. Its products include condiments and sauces, cheese and dairy products, meals, meats, refreshment beverages, coffee, and other grocery products. The company offers its products under the Kraft, Oscar Mayer, Heinz, Philadelphia, Lunchables, Velveeta, Planters, Maxwell House, Capri Sun, Ore-Ida, Kool-Aid, Jell-O, Cracker Barrel, P'Tit Cheese, Tassimo, Classico, Plasmon, Pudliszki, Honig, HP, Benedicta, ABC, Master, Quero, Golden Circle, Wattie's, Glucon D, and Complan names. It sells its products through its own sales organizations, as well as through independent brokers, agents, and distributors to convenience stores, drug stores, value stores, bakeries, pharmacies, mass merchants, club stores, foodservice distributors and institutions, including hotels, restaurants, hospitals, health care facilities, and certain government agencies, as well as to chain, wholesale, cooperative, and independent grocery accounts. The company was formerly known as H.J. Heinz Holding Corporation and changed its name to The Kraft Heinz Company in July 2015. The Kraft Heinz Company was founded in 1869 and is headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

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Kraft Heinz (NASDAQ:KHC) Frequently Asked Questions

What is Kraft Heinz's stock symbol?

Kraft Heinz trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "KHC."

How often does Kraft Heinz pay dividends? What is the dividend yield for Kraft Heinz?

Kraft Heinz declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, November 1st. Stockholders of record on Friday, November 16th will be paid a dividend of $0.625 per share on Friday, December 14th. This represents a $2.50 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 5.26%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, November 15th. View Kraft Heinz's Dividend History.

How were Kraft Heinz's earnings last quarter?

Kraft Heinz Co (NASDAQ:KHC) posted its earnings results on Thursday, November, 1st. The company reported $0.78 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.81 by $0.03. The company had revenue of $6.38 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $6.31 billion. Kraft Heinz had a net margin of 39.56% and a return on equity of 6.62%. The business's revenue was up 1.6% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the company earned $0.83 earnings per share. View Kraft Heinz's Earnings History.

When is Kraft Heinz's next earnings date?

What price target have analysts set for KHC?

17 analysts have issued 12 month price objectives for Kraft Heinz's stock. Their predictions range from $47.00 to $83.00. On average, they anticipate Kraft Heinz's stock price to reach $65.5714 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 38.0% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Kraft Heinz.

What is the consensus analysts' recommendation for Kraft Heinz?

17 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Kraft Heinz in the last year. There are currently 4 sell ratings, 2 hold ratings and 11 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Kraft Heinz.

What are Wall Street analysts saying about Kraft Heinz stock?

Here are some recent quotes from research analysts about Kraft Heinz stock:

1. According to Zacks Investment Research, "Kraft Heinz has lagged the industry in the past three months. This is mainly attributable to continued softness in the Canada region, stemming from product discontinuations and higher promotional expenses. We note that sales in this region have been falling year over year for three straight quarters now. Moreover, escalated overhead and input cost has been a deterrent to the company’s performance. In fact, such costs more than offset growth in organic sales while also impacting overall profitability in the third quarter. Nevertheless, Kraft Heinz has been gaining from Improved volume/mix in almost all segments and consumption growth in the United States. Further, the company has solid innovation initiatives planned in the foodservice space to fuel growth across all regions. It is also making innovation efforts in its growing e-commerce channel. We also commend on the company’s well-chalked saving and productivity efforts." (1/8/2019)

Has Kraft Heinz been receiving favorable news coverage?

Press coverage about KHC stock has been trending very positive this week, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. The research firm identifies positive and negative news coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Kraft Heinz earned a coverage optimism score of 3.2 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news stories about the company a news buzz of 4.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the immediate future.

Are investors shorting Kraft Heinz?

Kraft Heinz saw a drop in short interest during the month of December. As of December 31st, there was short interest totalling 17,890,486 shares, a drop of 8.0% from the December 14th total of 19,436,134 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 9,325,825 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 1.9 days. Approximately 1.9% of the company's stock are sold short. View Kraft Heinz's Current Options Chain.

How do I buy shares of Kraft Heinz?

Shares of KHC can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

What is Kraft Heinz's stock price today?

One share of KHC stock can currently be purchased for approximately $47.53.

How big of a company is Kraft Heinz?

Kraft Heinz has a market capitalization of $57.96 billion and generates $26.23 billion in revenue each year. The company earns $11.00 billion in net income (profit) each year or $3.55 on an earnings per share basis. Kraft Heinz employs 39,000 workers across the globe.

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